A skull found in Thurston County in 1981 now has a sketch and description due to advancements in technology and genealogy.

How we do research matters just as much as what we do. Understanding something as complex as human evolution in Africa ...

Humans have always craved a cognitive challenge, just like you crave your daily Wordle.

The descendant of a Native American teenager who survived being exhibited at a "human zoo" in 19th-century Paris is urging ...

The knee has undergone major changes to its size and shape, not only to allow early humans to walk upright, but also to ...

A new study challenges long-held beliefs on human brain preservation across millennia, shedding light on surprising findings.

Based on their genomes, some scientists think Asgard archaea and our eukaryotic ancestors parted ways around 2 billion years ...

Scientists have suspected that modern humans have more genes to digest starch than our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but the amylase locus of the genome is hard to study. Researchers have now developed ...

Teens, ages 9 to 13, are invited to learn the basics of genealogical research at a series of Beginner Genealogy Workshops ...

M embers of the San and Khoe Indigenous populations of southern Africa can still trace much of their genetic ancestry back to ...

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people ...

As they spread, horses reshaped ecology, social structures and economies at a never-before-seen scale. Across human history, ...